Clothespin



omreo STATES "JOHN" muc gor MILWAUKEEpWIS CONSIN. a

GLO'IHESPIN.

To allwhom it concern:

Be itknown that I, J OHN MUCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee,

county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new andusefi llmprovements in Clothespins, of whlcli the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes pins.

This invention is an improvement over that disclosed in my co-pending application, Serial No. 260980, filed Nov. 4, 1918.

In clothes pins formed of wire loops with a hollow metallic clamping cap at one end thereof, it is found that often water catches within the hollow cap and is discharged upon the clothing when the pin assumes its usual position. It is to guard against such occurrences as these that the present invention is designed and one of theob ects thereof is to provide means for draining the cap.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide an improved clothes pin having the jaws thereof formed of wire and having a cap at the upper edge thereof which is clamped around an enlargement formed in the resilient arms. I

A further object of my invention is to provide an improved cap for clamping the upper ends of the clothes pin.

Other objects will a pear.

An embodiment of t e invention 1s shown in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a si e elevation of my improved clothes pin.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the structure shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view showing the cap about to be placed upon the end loops of wire of the jaws forming the clothes pin.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the position of the parts after the cap has been clamped around the end ofthe wire loops.

Fig. 5 is a view of the cap.

1 represents one of the wire loops which is carried upwardly and forms an enlargement or small circular portion 2 at the upper end and is continued downwardly to form the second loop 3. This loop 3 has one end brought upwardly again and curved to form another corresponding circular enlargement 4 at the upper end.

Immediately below these circular loops 2 and 4 there is formed a constricted portion Specification ofiLttersl'ateiit. "P t nt' dM 24, 1921 i, u flmhflled"December 2; ais.;.seriai No. 341,544. I

around which the lower portion of the spherical-cap is adapted to grip. .IlL-Wlll thus be seen that the clothespin is-formedof one continuous piece of wire which forms twov main loops and that each of these loops is provided with a circular enlargement at its upper end about which the cap is adapted to be clamped. 5 represents the spherical cap, which, upon reference to Figs. 3 and, 5, will be seen to comprise originally a cap havin c lindrical sides and a spherical top. otclies 6 are formed in the lower portion of the cylindrical sides to facilitate the clamping of the lower end of this cap about the circular en-' largements. A hole 7 is provided in the upper portion of this cap so that any water which may be retained within the spherical cap may be drained therefrom and will prevent the retention of water and its subsequent discharge upon the clothing when the pin is used.

The wire arms 1 and 3 are bowed outwardly at 8, as in Fig. 2, and thereafter approach each other at 9, normally contacting and again diverge at 10, whereby the positioning of the clothes pin upon the line is facilitated. The divergent arms 10 form a guide for the line which passes between the adjacent portions, thereby springing the arms apart and finally is received between the bowed portions 8, the wires then sprin ing back toward their normal position. This serves as a secure locldng means to clamp the clothes upon the line and secures a surer grip upon the clothes than would be secured by a clamping action alone. This is obvious from the fact that a withdrawal of the pin from engagement with the line would necessitate a springing apart of the arms 1 and 2 when the line passes the portion 9.

The wire may be electro-plated to prevent rusting or otherwise coated if so desired. The cap 5 may also be electro-plated or coated if desire Obviously other structures may be devised which will embody the invention herein set forth.

I claim- 1. A clothes pin comprising elongated loops, rounded ends at the extremities of each loop, a cap therefor, said cap having a draining hole in the outer portion thereof.

2. A clothes pin composed of wire loops having rounded ends, and a cap for one of 4. A wire clothes pin comprisingloops wire, rounded ends formed at the extremities of the loops, a constricted portion adja cent one of said rounded ends, and a cap secured to said last mentioned rounded end by having its 1ower portion crimped aroundthe constricted POI'tIOH SELld cap being so constructed that water will drain therefrom.

5. A wire clothes pin comprising a pair tsaid loops being bowed apart above said portion to form a space to receive a line, the

lower portion of said l00ps diverging to i form flaring receiving l1ps to guide the line therebetween, and a cap anchored to and binding the other ends of the loops together. i In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. V p A f Jo NfMUoK;

Witnesses: O.C.WEBER, 'A.B."WOOLFOLK, Jr. 

